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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
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Pre-1970 movies you haven't watched but probably should.
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watched half of Lawrence of Arabia (1962) last night and it was fantastic, it is wild to see the difference in pacing between 2020s movies and those back then. We've also been watching Strange Darlings a little bit every night and it feels like its sped up 10x compared to older movies lol
I regret missing out on watching Lawrence recently when it got re-released in LA on 70mm IMAX, that must have been something else.
I regret missing out on watching Lawrence recently when it got re-released in LA on 70mm IMAX, that must have been something else.
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I think I have it on DVD, watched it via streaming sometime earlier this year. Movies like that we're just different and epic. It's like the ten commandments is still an amazing film. Bridge over the River kwai is another. The Great escape, just so much good cinema.
When you don't have CGI, and not having to constantly tell jokes, you just have a good movie.
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The Keep.
I know this is early '80s, but I think we can consider it to be one of those amazing movies. Michael Mann always puts out a stellar film. It popped up on YouTube yesterday and I haven't watched it in years, and the score itself is simply amazing.
Lot great actors and special effects of that were practical. And it's legitimately creepy. That whole book series is wonderful as well.
That's not exactly true to the book, but he essentially did the same thing with Man Hunter, which was his rendition of Harris's Red Dragon. I watch that again not too long ago and it's such a good film. Both movies are wonderful examples of that perfect score even if they're weird. They just work for the film but they're so memorable.
I know this is early '80s, but I think we can consider it to be one of those amazing movies. Michael Mann always puts out a stellar film. It popped up on YouTube yesterday and I haven't watched it in years, and the score itself is simply amazing.
Lot great actors and special effects of that were practical. And it's legitimately creepy. That whole book series is wonderful as well.
That's not exactly true to the book, but he essentially did the same thing with Man Hunter, which was his rendition of Harris's Red Dragon. I watch that again not too long ago and it's such a good film. Both movies are wonderful examples of that perfect score even if they're weird. They just work for the film but they're so memorable.
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The Masque of the Red Death
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the
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All those old Vincent Price movies are wonderful. If I Remember he. did a whole bunch of Edgar Allen Poe movies, alongside a bunch of schlocky, great horror films.The Masque of the Red Death
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I've seen one of those WW2 movies with my uncle and it's pretty fucking awesome, Midway? I think that's the one George Lucas ripped off the dogfight scene and stuck it in the Millennium falcon tie fighter escape scene in Star Wars .
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If you've honestly not seen the Longest Day, it's worth 3 hours. Doesn't look like it's on YouTube anymore, but maybe one of the other is streaming services have it, but in all honesty it's a film that you want on disc.
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The other is Medal of Honor recipient Audie Murphy in To Hell and Back:
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I've seen all those war movies at least once, even some of the more fucked up ones like Best Years of Our Lives or All Quiet On The Western Front. I saw many with my uncles who actually were in some of these places killing Nazis. They would add little tidbits of knowledge during the commercials.If you've honestly not seen the Longest Day, it's worth 3 hours. Doesn't look like it's on YouTube anymore, but maybe one of the other is streaming services have it, but in all honesty it's a film that you want on disc.
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This is a Poe story actually. You are right, Price did a few, including The Raven w/Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre, but this is his best imo. One of a handful of mainstream films to deal with theistic Satanism, it is definitely more intellectual than shock-horror and gore. Directed by Roger Corman, who later stated in response to it not being scary enough that he was more interested it in being an expression of the unconscious mind. It is still pretty fucking creepy and trippy tho, imo at least lol
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I know it is, hence me saying Price did a bunch of those films. That's all good stuff. I know he had an appreciation for Poe.
And I remember watching The Fall of the House of usher, The pit and the pendulum. They were great movies, I think I like them because I've read those books as a kid because that's what you used to be taught in school.
I'm sure kids don't remember that stuff now
No I didn't remember the very old Simpsons Halloween episode and maybe the first or second season, and in one of the stories, because it used to be typically three little stories like a horror anthology, it was The Raven, and I was narrated by James Earl Jones.
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Not exactly apropos to this thread given that it's and 80's film, but I don't know where else to post it...
I was listening to a snippet of a Quentin Tarantino conversation where he mentioned that Alan Arkin gave what may be the funniest spit take of all time in the movie Big Trouble. After watching it, I think I would have to go even further and put it up amongst the funniest movie moments of all time. When I saw it, I laughed harder than I have in probably 20 years.
I was listening to a snippet of a Quentin Tarantino conversation where he mentioned that Alan Arkin gave what may be the funniest spit take of all time in the movie Big Trouble. After watching it, I think I would have to go even further and put it up amongst the funniest movie moments of all time. When I saw it, I laughed harder than I have in probably 20 years.
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Legit great idea for a thread, I tip my fedora to you
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I’m late finding it because movies all suck now so I’m never in this section, so I see all of my suggestions are already given. Surprised 12 Angry Men wasn’t in the OP, but first response will do. I have plenty of things to watch now!
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request the thread title be changed to “The Bee and Onion Nickelodeon.”
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.I’m late finding it because movies all suck now so I’m never in this section, so I see all of my suggestions are already given. Surprised 12 Angry Men wasn’t in the OP, but first response will do. I have plenty of things to watch now!
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request the thread title be changed to “The Bee and Onion Nickelodeon.”
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As stated in the original post, I tried leaving out the obvious ones that I assumed everyone had seen via cultural saturation. But maybe I was being too optimistic.Legit great idea for a thread, I tip my fedora to you
I’m late finding it because movies all suck now so I’m never in this section, so I see all of my suggestions are already given. Surprised 12 Angry Men wasn’t in the OP, but first response will do. I have plenty of things to watch now!
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To the average movie watcher, the movies on TCM rotation are the hidden gems. You get Drew Barrymore on the couch talking about her famous relatives as she presents Grand Hotel. But don't be jaded, a film like Grand Hotel is a really good way to dip your toes into classic movies. I really love film noir movies like Third Man and more modern neo noir movies like Dark City. But they're not for everyone.
I just watched this with max skepticism seeing your comment and still laughed out loud.
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